Second: Why can’t the boys have their personal, brief celebration AND skate to center ice with their sticks in the air? It feels like ‘being kind’ is strangling all the individuality out of players enjoying themselves.

pone27 - Feb 1, 2013 at 3:09 PM

Agreed.

Its not like they are doing anything that is blatantly taunting the other team. Its called chemistry between D and a goaltender.

What’s next? No longer can you tap another player with your stick to thank him for bailing you out or making a great play??

eigglesnosuperbowls - Feb 1, 2013 at 6:08 PM

Thats a european thing ! Take it down the street !

davebabychreturns - Feb 1, 2013 at 3:10 PM

Sounds more like a principle thing than a question of logistics, since there’s no way Subban and Price would actually run out of time to go skate to center ice and pander to the fans.

I would guess that Therrien just wants players to focus on the team and their teammates and is using this as an opportunity to emphasize that.

I would agree that it’s bad for the type of individual expression that many fans love, but it’s also probably best for Subban to just keep his head down and his mouth closed and let his play do the talking for him for awhile.

Power tripping at the Bell Center.
Gotta wonder what PK thinks about this,his not so friendly welcome back and the Habs new management.
If they keep PK on too short of a leash they will strangle his creativity like they did with John LeClaire.